Eco-Towns: Publicity

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost was of producing the eco-town video on the directgov website; and which organisation produced the video.

Margaret Beckett: The cost of producing the video 'Animated eco-town walkthrough—what might an eco-town look like?' on the Directgov website was £21,500 excluding VAT. It was produced by Smoothe, a design agency procured through the COL.